Mignon McLaughlin citáty

„Život, ktorý žijeme, mi pripomína parazita v črevách. Žijeme v tme a snažíme sa uzrieť svetlo tak, že vyjdeme von ústami. Ale akokoľvek sa snažíme, vždy nás niečím spláchnu a nakoniec vyjdeme von z opačnej strany. Ale svetlo už nevidíme.“

„Pre našich priateľov je dôležité, aby verili, že sme k nim bezvýhradne úprimní, a pre priateľstvo je dôležité, aby sme úprimnými neboli.“

“We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.”

“Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.”

“There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.”

“The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.”

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”

“Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them.”

“Good food, good sex, good digestion, good sleep: to these basic animal pleasures, man has added nothing but the good cigarette.”

“Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.”

“As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.”

“Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.”

“The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.”

“The plague of government is senile delinquency.”

“Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.”

“Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood.”

“Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.”

“Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions.”

“It does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.”

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.”

“Young lovers and young nations face the same problem: after orgasm, what?”

“We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.”

“With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins.”

“There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.”

“The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.”

“No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.”

“If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.”

“There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it.”

“There are whole years for which I hope I’ll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.”

“There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.”

“Sooner or later, they govern who are determined to.”